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General Elections 2014: Day 32
So, it has happened. Narendra Modi has completed Modi-fication of BJP and announced the same with much fanfare. He reached out to people, bypassing party or candidates and asked for every vote to be...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 33
Elections first, manifesto afterwards is the new mantra of BJP. Together we stand, but please don’t ask us what we are standing for and please remember BJP has not released any manifesto, hence no...
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21 Gun Salute, Gurgaon – A Restaurant Review
Gun for the food, literally if one may so. Why do people go to eat at a restaurant? More often than not because they are celebrating or marking an occasion, right? Yes, this is where lies the connect...
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Why Flipkart.com failed in executing #BigBillionDay?
Flipkart’s Big Billion Day turns into failure It is not everyday that one gets to see self-immolation attempt of this magnitude by a business entity which has almost redefined all rules of retailing in...
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Beyond Limits – An Art Exhibition of Extraordinary Abilities
Art is an expression, it is an expression of your spirit Having disabilities for some is the end of the road, having disabilities for many is a challenge which is definitely not insurmountable. Family...
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India’s Daughter – A Review
Let us live this movie. This one is actually for the Oscars. Rarely do we come across a film so complete and credible at the same point of time. This movie is not just about India’s daughter Nirbhaya...
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Of People, Media and Indian Cricket
India is like a “People Tree”. When anything is happening, we all start climbing over each other to ensure that we have the vantage position to flaunt once the event is over. Nowhere does it work like...
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Modi in Lahore, Social Media On Fire
This tweet from @narendramodi handle on Twitter turned Social Media upside down, this lazy Christmas afternoon. ” Narendra Modi Verified account @narendramodi 8h8 hours ago Looking forward to...
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Exclusive Photographs from Auto Expo 2016
Ford to India – Hello Namaste If there is a place holder for Auto Expo 2016 that place holder is Hello Namaste by Ford India. It is as close to modern Indian spirit as any other elaborate place holder...
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Made-for-Trending Twitter Accounts Bane for Brand India
This article is being contributed as part of Shilpa Shrivastava Memorial Social Media and India project. Everyday is same on Twitter in India. An outsider, who sees Twitter trends for the city of...
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Literature Lives Here – Jaipur Literature Festival
Literature Lives Here. Curtains are being put up. I am here at Diggi Palace and I must share with you what all it takes to get something of this magnitude going. Jaipur Literature Festival is getting...
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Get, Set, Go – Jaipur Literature Festival Opens Tomorrow
Venues are beautiful Of course no one expects you to swim through the pool to go to the venue, but you can if you wish too. Pool is all clear and set for a swim. The whole Diggi Palace, Jaipur gets a...
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Awesome Start to Jaipur Literature Festival
It is music which gets Jaipur Lit Fest going I like the way Jaipur Literature Festival gets going, music sets the stage and literature follows. It is like the team at Jaipur Lit Fest wants you to tune...
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Beyond Books – Jaipur Literature Festival
A Tribute Session to Vijaydan Detha Indian folktales are priceless and so is the contribution of those who are keeping it alive without digging deep and changing course for commercial success. My first...
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Keep Your Soul Warm – Day 2 at Jaipur Lit Fest
Music Can Keep Your Soul Warm When you don’t get a good seat, you don’t get a good picture, but if it is music and great music at that, your soul would warm up to it and remain warm. That was my...
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Is it Jaipur Learning Festival? I think so.
Is Storytelling worldwide fighting for its survival? I came here to attend Jaipur Literature Festival and found myself attending Jaipur Learning Festival instead. There is so much to learn and the zeal...
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India moves to Jaipur – Day 3, Sideshows
Being visible – Aam Aadmi Party Where there are people, there has to be the Aam Aadmi Party. Having declared its intent to go national and fight elections all over India, the Aam Aadmi Party’s desire...
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The Wisdom of Kabir and Other Sessions – Day 3 at JLF
Kahe Kabeera – What a delightful session Why does Kabir continue to live on in this world? Why is his writing still revered? What was fundamentally so strong about Kabir that people still love to quote...
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Venue Hopping on Day 4 at Jaipur Lit Fest
On Day 4, I decided to go venue hopping. By venue hopping I mean, standing or sitting at the back and moving from one session to the other after that one nugget you are looking for is received....
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Of Ekta Kapoor and Sonam Kalra – Day 4 Evening
Ekta Kapoor – The Queen Behind Dramas Ekta Kapoor is the undisputed queen behind dramas on Indian television. She is popular, vocal and of course controversial. Now she is controversial enough to get...
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Jaipur Literature Festival’s Concluding Session Was WOW!
Cakes are good, but the icing almost always makes them better as it did today. The last session was super amazing and an extreme value add, and that also when the main venue was washed out. The back-up...
View ArticleArvind Kejriwal Must Walk The Talk
If you go ahead and position yourself on a high moral ground, you must walk the talk and ensure that no one including yourself brings you down. That doesn’t seem to be happening as of now. For...
View ArticleKarl Slym Dies in Bangkok – A Twitter Account Goes Silent
A Twitter account goes silent and the whole Twitter fraternity goes abuzz almost at the same time. @KarlSlym was moderately active on Twitter and when his news of sudden fall to death in a freak...
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Photographs from Auto Expo – 2014
Auto Expo has moved places, this time literally over 40 KMs if not more. This time the venue is Greater Noida – Expo grounds. Yes, there are crowds and these all pictures are from business hours, at...
View ArticleGo, Went, Gone! CM Kejriwal prefixes an Ex before CM
It is spreading like wildfire, Kejriwal has resigned, Kejriwal goes, CM resigns. There is even a political change at national level in his exit. This man is as difficult as anyone could get for BJP...
View ArticleIndia Needs Chai Pe Charcha
Yes, India needs a public “Chai Pe Charcha” on Mukesh Ambani and his impact on Indian politics. There have always been undercurrents about Mukesh Ambani running half of the state governments and all...
View ArticleAam Aadmi Party Plays 20:20
To me, it looks like someone told Arvind Kejriwal that 20:20 is not only the best form of, our national passion, cricket, it is also best form of introducing a political challenge. These 20...
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Can BJP win all 7 seats in Delhi?
Can BJP Do a Zero to Hero? I have been thinking on what all would it take for BJP to put together a dream team which can have more than a fair chance of reversing 0/7 they scored in 2009 elections. My...
View ArticleProject: Whitepaper on – Can Kashmiri Hindus Smile Again?
Smile is very important to all of us, ever thought, how bad it would be that howsoever hard we may try we can’t bring a real smile together? Extremely bad, intolerable & unthinkable. Right? Most...
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General Elections – 2014, Day 1
The Great Indian Political Circus Is Now Open It is the final countdown. Friday the 16th, yes Friday the 16th is going to be the most dreaded day for all political parties in India. There are 71...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 5
Some are happy to hit ground & some are digging it to bury survivors Politicians need loads of luck, especially where the variables they have to deal with increase many fold. Sharad Pawar’s luck...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 12
You too Brutus? “My name is Rahul Gandhi and I also know how to hit headlines,” looks like the message Rahul wants to convey when he said it is too early to give Modi a clean chit on Gujarat riots....
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General Elections 2014 – Day 13
One Needs A Safe Seat and The Other Needs A Setting-up For hardly working politicians these are busy days, everyone ensured that festival of Holi was used for political gains to the extent possible....
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General Elections 2014 – Day 18
The Bharatiya Jhagada Party BJP vs BJP. Real BJP vs Fake BJP. Insiders & Intellectuals of BJP vs. Outsiders & Imposters of BJP. Greed of BJP top guns vs Ideology of BJP top guns. BJP is working...
View ArticleWhy I want Dr. Harsh Vardhan To Win?
A tweet doesn’t allow you to go out and say everything together. A blog does. So here I go, this format is going to give me flexibility of posting my thoughts structured and together. Feedback is most...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 19
We will defeat ourselves – B.Jhagara.P What can you achieve in 5 hours? The Chief of Sri Ram Sene Pramod Muthalik and the BJP proved that you can earn a lot of insult for yourself and the people...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 20
This man can do anything for a few votes. Sad! Arvind Kejriwal Ji has become a self-proclaimed adviser to Advani Ji. Kejriwal suggested that Advani Ji must replace ‘v’ with ‘a’ in his name and he would...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 21
Is managing Kejriwal becoming a full time job for BJP? The rank and file of BJP is unhappy with Arvind Kejriwal contesting from Varanasi against Narendra Modi, none of them think that Modi is going to...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 22
A fight against a real Ambarsaria Is Rahul Gandhi getting it? If his statements of last couple of days are to be considered, he is getting it after all, bigger issue is whether what he is getting would...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 23
BJP’s efforts in doing self goals are succeeding, their adventurism with Pramod Muthalik is surely going to cost them Bangalore South Seat. With pro-Hindutava votes getting divided between Pramod...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 25
BJP should audit its decision making and executing process, it took all of seven days to formally expel Jaswant Singh Ji, whereas it should have happened hours after he filed his nominations from...
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General Elections 2014 – Day 26
Jaswant Singh “I am deeply saddened by decision to expel me from BJP. Jaswant Singh Ji – Oo. They should have made you President of BJP, right? Right or wrong, you didn’t walk the dotted line drawn by...
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Maps of India Awards – Your Vote Matters
Team Compare Infobase has been working on creating generic India-centric content for almost five years now. We created “My India”, a site within a site, and all of its content goes to a short URL,...
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Delhi Municipal Elections, Dark Clouds Ahead For AAP?
Has AAP lost trust of Delhiites? Dark clouds ahead for Aam Aadmi Party? If media is to be believed, BJP is retaining its hold over all the three Municipal Corporations. They are likely to improve their...
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Stone Pelting for Money? Action and Reaction
Stone Pelting For Money? Seriously? Kashmir has been on and off fire for far too long. Phrase “Kashmir is burning” is used more often than “Kashmir is beautiful”. Politics of all concerned has ruined...
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Masala Library By Jiggs Kalra – A Review
It is an experience We grew up hearing the name of Jiggs Kalra as India’s first celebrated gourmet who knew food as much or more than chefs in the finest of hotels he reviewed, tasted and advised. Off...
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AnnaMaya Food Hall at Andaz – A Review
AnnaMaya – Fresh & Flavorful Hyatt is known, Andaz is not, especially not in India with all set of hotel goers and, team Andaz knows that. It looks like Andaz has bottomless PR budget doing...
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The Pavilion at Maurya – A Review
Good Food Is Served Here I can’t say I’ve childhood memories of ITC Maurya and its The Pavilion restaurant but, I can say my reminiscences go back 30 years or so. The Pavilion has changed many times...
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United Coffee House – A Review
1940s to Forever – Flavors, Ambience and More While I was growing up, I heard stories about United Coffee House and, how once a month my parents, newly married and settling down in Delhi, went to watch...
View ArticleMapsofindia – Elections.in & 5 Dots Partners Gujarat Exit Assessment
Team Mapsofindia.com with its associate business Elections.in endorse 5DotsPartners.com’s election analysis for Gujarat. Exit polls and analytical assessment follow different approaches towards...
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